TY  - BOOK
ED  - United Nations Centre for Human Settlements.
TI  - Community construction contract system in Sri Lanka
U1  - 307.1409549 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Nairobi
PB  - United Nations centre for human settlements (Habitat)
KW  -  Low-income housing
KW  -  Self-help housing - Sri Lanka
KW  - Low-income housing - Sri Lanka
N1  - 1. The need for new approaches to infrastructure service delivery
2. The million houses program
3. Community action planning and management
4. Community development councils
5. Infrastructure deficiencies in informal settlements
 A. Shanty settlements
 B. Slum houses
 C. Slum tenements
6. Developing the community construction contract system
7. Testing the approach in wanathamulla
8. The procedure for community construction contracts
9. Maintenance and management
10. Community construction contracts: The results
11. The impact of community construction contract system
 A. Cost
 B. Employment generation
 C. Skills training
 D. Speedy work
 E. Greater resonsibility
 F. Dissemination
12. The success explained
13. Problems of implementation
 A. The initiative for the contract
 B. Assessment of the community's capacity
 C. Legal status of the CDCs
 D. Delays in initial and progress payments
 E. Lack of training and information
14. Sustainability
15. Replicability
 A. A supportive government policy and attitude
 B. Committed and skilled staff 
 C. Community organization and leadership
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